The Ballad of Lucie Miller

Members of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society with a special interest in the Eighth Doctor are in for a treat with the latest issue 493 of The Celestial Toyroom. Free to members, this issue has been extended to a huge thirty pages to fit in all the articles, and I understand some had to be…

After some heavy hinting from Nick Briggs on Twitter, Big Finish has announced The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller. Details are in the news item Lucie Miller returns! Quick summary: four stories in a July 2019 boxset, set in the gap between the first and second series of the original Lucie Miller Eighth Doctor adventures.

April 2016, the return of Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller in the Alice Cavender Short Trip; The Curse of the Fugue. Wonderful as it is to hear Sheridan voicing Lucie once more, does this story justify the excitement? Short answer: yes; long answer: keep reading…

Excellent news to wake up to on a Sunday (or hear if you were at Gally) is that Sheridan Smith will be back as Lucie Miller! Jason Haigh-Ellery made the announcement and explained about Sheridan being back for two Short Trips and this does not change the ending of To the Death. The news item is: DOCTOR WHO:…

And there’s more timeline goodness. On the Big Finish forum we don’t only have The Companions’ Timelines Index but also The Doctors’ Timelines Index. This is an epic piece of work in progress and is available here: The Doctors’ Timelines Index. Thanks to Tim / forum user billy2. === Message Ends ===

Things are quiet on the Doctor Who Legacy front as they wait for August and the release of version 3.0. There is one area of particular interest to this blog though; a vote for the next Big Finish companion to be added to the game. There are six to choose from and this blog supports Lucie Miller. The poll…

In the New Years Honours list, Sheridan Smith has been awarded an OBE for her work including Cilla, Mrs Biggs, Legally Blond and so on. Of course to Big Finish fans, and this blog, she is best-loved for playing Lucie Miller.